Sidra Farhan
Teacher
Karachi
Summary
Passionate Teacher with experience developing and implementing diverse curriculums covering wide range of subjects. Highly skilled at motivating students through positive encouragement and reinforcement of concepts via interactive classroom instruction and observation. Successful in helping students develop strong literacy, numeracy, social and learning skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Teacher
BayView High Junior School
Karachi
08.2015 - Current
- Supported student physical, mental, and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Incorporated multiple types of teaching strategies into classroom.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Worked cooperatively with other teachers, administrators, and parents to help students reach learning objectives.
- Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards.
- Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.
- Registered student progress and attendance on database to enable tracking history and maintain accurate records.
- Participated in parent teacher conference to discuss developments of students and increase support.
- Advised and counseled students to help them develop skills and knowledge required to succeed.
- Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.
- Conducted evaluations to measure performance and progress of students, providing guidance for areas requiring improvement.
- Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
- Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education.
- Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement.
- Scheduled conferences with parents to discuss students' progress and classroom behavior.
- Met with students, parents and administrators to address and resolve students' behavioral and academic issues.
- Modified lessons and curriculum to accommodate diverse learners by using strategies such as peer-assisted learning and group work.
- Created and developed lesson plans to meet students' academic needs.
- Improved students' analytical skills by introducing state-of-the-art computer program technologies.
- Created lessons and online testing materials to facilitate remote learning.
- Prepared quizzes, tests and examinations to gauge how well students were learning.
- Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
- Implemented reading and writing workshops to increase student literacy and support school reading programs.
- Increased educational expertise and knowledge by participating in instructor-oriented workshops.
- Completed student progress reports mid-term to notify students and parents of strengths and areas of improvement.
- Designed detailed learning plans for struggling students based on test, homework and assignment records.
Teacher
Froebel Education Center
Karachi
03.2013 - 05.2015
Education
Master of Arts - Economics
University of Karachi
Karachi 01.2007 - 01.2009
Bacherlors - Commerce
DHA Degree College For Women
Karachi 01.2004 - 01.2006
Intermediate -
Commecs Institure of Business Education
Karachi 08.2001 - 08.2003
Matriculation -
Habib Girls' School
Karachi 08.1991 - 05.2001
Skills
Student-centered learning
Classroom management
Inquiry-based learning
SMART Board aptitude
Testing and grading
Lesson Planning
Social-Emotional Learning training
Blackboard software
Differentiated instruction
Experiential learning
Group and individual instruction
Swimming
Learnt swimming as a healthy form of exercise,improving coordination, flexibility and strength.
guitarist
Learnt to play guitar to as an outlet of creativity.
Certification
Certified Educationist, Cambridge University
Workshops/trainings
- Participated in how to incorporate hands-on learning into the classroom by Farheen Effendi (December 2021).
- Attended workshop on safeguarding & child protection training by Areej Jafferani (January 2021)
- Partcipated in training session on; stronger together by Carnelian (January 2020)
- Attended 18th International conference on; what kind of Learning do we want- and How can Assessment Help? by Agha Khan University Institiute for Educational Development (November 2018)
- Attended a workshop on Therapy through play by Anum Malik (August 2017)
- Attended workshop on Developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood by Teachers’ Resource Center (January 2016)
- Attended a workshop on I own myself to myself by Fatima Rashid by (August 2015)
- Participated in Emergency First Aid Training by St. John Ambulances Canada (August 2015)
- Attended four weeks training session on How to be a reading specialist by READ (November 2015)
- Attended workshop on What every parent should know by Center of Assessment & Remedial Center (November 2013)
- Attended workshop on Teaching phonemic Awareness by Center of Assessment & Remedial Education (March 2013)
Timeline
Certified Educationist, Cambridge University
06-2021
Teacher
BayView High Junior School
08.2015 - Current
Teacher
Froebel Education Center
03.2013 - 05.2015
Master of Arts - Economics
University of Karachi
01.2007 - 01.2009
Bacherlors - Commerce
DHA Degree College For Women
01.2004 - 01.2006
Intermediate -
Commecs Institure of Business Education
08.2001 - 08.2003
Matriculation -
Habib Girls' School
08.1991 - 05.2001